Ralph Emerson was murdered on November 23, 1995.
This episode takes place in November 1995.
Matt shows Cathy The Three Stooges short Disorder in the Court (1936) and tries to convince her that it's funny. A major character in this episode is named Ted Healy. In reality, Ted Healy created the Three Stooges, then known as Ted Healy & His Stooges, as a vaudeville act in 1922.